660 Top-10 Rankings In 90 Days For A Grant Writing Company
Sarah Hope Marshall doubted SEO would bring clients to a grant writing firm. Within 90 days of a rebuilt website and message, Profound Hope Industries held 660 top-10 Google rankings across five markets.
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- Sarah Hope Marshall, Profound Hope Industries
- Serves
- Mission-based businesses, non-profits and CDFIs
- Markets
- Chicago, Wisconsin, Detroit, Minneapolis, Indianapolis
- Work
- StoryBrand website rebuild, service and community pages, rank tracking
- Year
- 2024
The Starting Point
Profound Hope Industries had expertise and a clear mission. Search engines and visitors saw neither.
- Sarah was unsure SEO would attract the clients she needed.
- Website copy was hard to act on and poorly optimized.
- Rankings in the markets that mattered were too low to be noticed.
What Changed
A Clearer Message
Sherman Hu rewrote the website using the StoryBrand framework, so a visitor sees at once who the firm helps and what to do next. Sarah spent very little of her own time on it.
A Page For Each Buyer And Place
New pages matched each grant type with the communities it serves, including credit union and CDC grant writing across metro Chicago and Detroit.
Rankings Tracked By Market
Each market was tracked separately, so progress was visible city by city.
Where The 660 Rankings Landed
Movement started within weeks. The tracked Chicago project reached a top-10 average in under three weeks, and the full count of 660 was reached within 90 days.
| Market | Top-10 rankings |
|---|---|
| Chicago | 293 |
| Wisconsin | 137 |
| Detroit | 108 |
| Minneapolis | 92 |
| Indianapolis | 30 |
| Total | 660 |
The Evidence
"I was referred to Sherman by a consultant I trust, and he has been great to work with! He clearly cares about his clients both personally and professionally. I also was an SEO skeptic upon hiring him, but he demonstrated the value of the service in a very short period of time. Since I beginning work with him, he has achieved outstanding results including: - Rebuilt my website with Storybrand copywriting without needing a lot of input - Chicago: 41 x Top-3 rankings. 42 x Top-10 rankings. - Wisconsin: 81 x Top-3 rankings. 86 x Top-10 rankings. - Minneapolis: 35 x Top-3 rankings. 39 x To-10 rankings. - Detroit (in progress, more results to come): 13 x Top-3 rankings. 15 x Top-10 rankings. >> Total: 170 x Top-3 rankings. 182 x Top-10 rankings. - SEO results delivered in less than 30 days! I definitely recommend."
What This Shows
A specialist firm does not need to be a household name to own its searches. A clear message and a page for each buyer and place gave Google something specific to rank.
Rankings reflect the tracked searches and dates shown. Results differ by market, competition and starting point, and no provider can guarantee a Google position.